Williams v. Zambelli

March 16, 2010

IN THE MATTER OF DEANDRE WILLIAMS, PETITIONER,v.BARBARA ZAMBELLI, ETC., RESPONDENT.

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent, a Judge of the County Court, Westchester County, to resentence the petitioner under Westchester County Indictment No. 97-1571, and application for poor person relief.

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

ORDERED that the application for poor person relief is granted to the extent that the filing fee imposed by CPLR 8022(b) is waived, and the application is otherwise denied; and it is further,

ADJUDGED that the petition is denied and the proceeding is dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements.

The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel the performance of a ministerial act and only when there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (see Matter of Legal Aid Socy. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought.

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